Queen Elizabeth I Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Queen Elizabeth I NPG 2082
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Unknown continental artist
One of the most important surviving images of Elizabeth I, this portrait was almost certainly painted from life, and the resulting pattern for the queen's face was to be repeated for the remainder of her reign. It is known as the 'Darnley portrait' after a previous owner. It shows Elizabeth looking cold, haughty and imperious, wearing a rather masculine doublet with a lace ruff collar, a double string of pearls looped around her neck and carrying an ostrich-feather fan. The portrait may have been painted... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










